A new species of Tupinambis (Squamata: Teiidae) from central Brazil, with an analysis of morphological and genetic variation in the genus

Herpetologica

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 477-492

  Colli, Guarino R ^a   Péres Jr , Ayrton K ^a   Da Cunha, Hélio J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRASILIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Cerrado; Teiidae; Tupinambis new species

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032417466     PISSN: 00180831     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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